Proverbs 10:2
What does Proverbs 10:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 10:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 49:6
They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- Ezekiel 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
- Romans 5:21
that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- James 5:1
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
- Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
- Isaiah 10:2
to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
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